Il Premio al miglior film d'esordio canadese è un premio cinematografico annuale assegnato dal Festival internazionale del cinema di Toronto ad un film giudicato il miglior lungometraggio canadese realizzato da un regista esordiente.
A partire dal 2017, il premio è sponsorizzato dalla Città di Toronto e quindi conosciuto come il "City of Toronto Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film".
Come per tutti i premi giurati del TIFF, la giuria ha la facoltà di concedere una o più menzioni onorevoli in aggiunta al vincitore del premio principale.
Vincitori † indica un film che ha vinto anche il premio per il Miglior film ai Genie Awards o ai Canadian Screen Awards.
Anno Film Regista Note 1997 Cube - Il cubo (Cube) Vincenzo Natali "Hanging Garden wins two awards". The Globe and Mail, September 15, 1997. 1998 Last Night † Don McKellar "Last Night, No, take top prizes at fest". Hamilton Spectator, September 21, 1998. 1999 Just Watch Me: Trudeau and the '70s Generation Catherine Annau "Hollywood and Toronto big festival winners". Nanaimo Daily News, September 20, 1999. Full Blast Rodrigue Jean 2000 La moitié gauche du frigo † Philippe Falardeau "Toronto International Film Festival: Ang Lee, Burns win top prizes". The Globe and Mail, September 18, 2000. Red Deer Anthony Couture 2001 Inertia Sean Garrity "Romance, myth and Winnipeg take top honours". The Globe and Mail, September 17, 2001. 2002 Marion Bridge Wiebke von Carolsfeld "Cronenberg's Spider big winner at film fest". Sudbury Star, September 16, 2002. 2003 Love, Sex and Eating the Bones Sudz Sutherland "Canadian movies shine at film fest gala". Sherbrooke Record, September 16, 2003. 2004 La peau blanche † Daniel Roby "Hotel Rwanda wins top festival prize". The Globe and Mail, September 20, 2004. 2005 The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico Michael Mabbott "Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico takes mocking look at country troubadour". Canadian Press, November 7, 2005. 2006 Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi (Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi) Noël Mitrani "Winners a list of surprises". The Globe and Mail, September 18, 2006. 2007 Continental, un film sans fusil Stéphane Lafleur "Toronto film fest's people's choice award stays home". Vancouver Sun, September 17, 2007. 2008 Le jour avant le lendemain Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Madeline Ivalu "Slumdog takes the people's prize; LeBron James documentary tapped as runner-up". Toronto Star, September 14, 2008. Borderline Lyne Charlebois 2009 The Wild Hunt Alexandre Franchi "It's a wrap for TIFF; Film 'Precious' nabs audience prize at festival, stoking Oscar predictions". Telegraph-Journal, September 21, 2009. 2010 The High Cost of Living Deborah Chow "King's Speech persuades TIFF audience". The Globe and Mail, September 20, 2010. 2011 Edwin Boyd Nathan Morlando "The people choose a surprise: Small Lebanese film triumphs over rivals with higher profiles". Toronto Star, September 19, 2011. 2012 Antiviral Brandon Cronenberg "Chester filmmaker wins TIFF award for Blackbird" . The Chronicle Herald, September 17, 2012. Blackbird Jason Buxton 2013 Asphalt Watches Shayne Ehman, Seth Scriver "TIFF 2013: 12 Years a Slave wins film fest’s top prize". Toronto Star, 15 September 2013. 2014 Bang Bang Baby † Jeffrey St. Jules "‘The Imitation Game’ Wins Toronto Audience Award". The Wrap, September 14, 2014. 2015 Sleeping Giant Andrew Cividino "‘Room’ Wins Toronto Film Festival’s People’s Choice Award". Variety, September 20, 2015. 2016 Lao shi † Johnny Ma "TIFF People's Choice Award cements La La Land's place in Oscar race". Entertainment Weekly, September 18, 2016. 2017 Luk'Luk'I Wayne Wapeemukwa "Toronto: 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' Captures Audience Award". The Hollywood Reporter, September 17, 2017. 2018 Les routes en février Katherine Jerkovic "'Green Book' boosts awards season prospects with TIFF audience award win". Screen Daily, September 16, 2018.
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